Reviews

The dynamic range of Jordan’s writing is extraordinary. It’s rare for a play to encompass such extremes of violence and tenderness… Jordan’s play achieves the uncommon feat of being difficult to watch yet easy to love.

Everything about Anna Jordan’s Yen is done to defy presumptions, injecting the most uncomfortable situations with a savagely dry humour that compels you to feel compassion for these lost boys when what you want to feel is disgust.

Well-written and well-executed, with Jordan capturing the Lambrini-soaked malaise of youth with rare precision…Jordan demonstrating a tenderness to match her wry wit. Freak is a frank new play by a fresh young voice.

Jordan has the knack of painting a character immediately…But she also leaves something to be discovered later on, which is one reason why these short plays are so absorbing…Sad and humorous, and always true. London SE1 onShortStuff, Waterloo East Theatre

Exhilirating…hilarious antics and witticisms of the protagonists take place at breakneck speed. BENDER draws the viewer in…This production is sure to get the heart racing.★ ★ ★ ★ Fourthwall Magazine on BENDER,Waterloo East Theatre

From the moment Anna Jordan’s cast of five bursts onto the stage, joshing and skirmishing, her helter-skelter account of the last evening in the life of a street gang grips the attention and never lets it go. She draws from her actors a great sense of youthful energy thrusting to express itself… Anna Jordan is an interesting and exciting new voice in the theatre. Jeremy Kingston, Times Theatre Critic, on Just For Fun – Totally Random, New End Theatre